Volume 1, Issue 10: November 8, 2004

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College Sponsors Three Forums

Dean Olson fields questions
at a recent forum for
administrative professionals.

Last week, the College office continued to hear from various constituencies as it hosted forums for civil service employees, administrative-professionals, and students. The forums were created to open up lines of communication and as a means to draw on the collective wisdom of staff and students to discover ways to help the College operate more effectively and efficiently. Following the administrative-professionals forum, Linda Bowman, an academic advisor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology said, "You cannot have shared governance if you don't share thoughts. I'm a big believer in shared governance—it is what makes ISU such a great place."

At the Civil Service forum, held on Monday, November 1, approximately 40 of the College's staff gathered for a luncheon and to exchange ideas. Staff discussed building conditions, the current fiscal situation, and the most recent news on hiring and summer school with Dean Olson. On Tuesday, November 2, administrative professionals gathered and discussed ways to increase external funding, AP involvement in teaching, the College's strategic planning process, technology issues, and the Underrepresentative Task Force Implementation Committee. At the student forum held on Thursday, November 4, student leaders and Dean Olson discussed ways that the College can be more responsive to student needs.

Claire Lamonica, Assistant Director of the English Writing Program, said that the administrative-professional forum allowed her to "put a lot of faces to names." Sally Parry, Academic Advisor in the Deparment of English, said the forums are an excellent way to facilitate interaction with the Dean's Office in an informal setting.

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